Edit: Due to the fact that this article is old, the installation instructions may not work anymore. In order to successfully install the latest version of LibreOffice, please access the libreoffice tag and open the latest article (the one on top).

Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, LibreOffice is the most popular open-source office suite, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The latest version available is LibreOffice 4.3, which has been released a while ago, coming with important changes and improvements.

Among others, it got support for OOXML Strict and OOXML graphics improvements have been added, a new feature for embedding OOXML files inside OOXML files is now available, 30 new Excel formulas have been implemented, support for Microsoft Works spreadsheets and databases has been made available, initial HiDPI support has been added, the PDF Import function is now capable of rotating text, support for Collada and .kmz files have been implemented, and support for some Mac (ClarisWorks, ClarisResolve, MacWorks, SuperPaint) file formats has been implemented. For more information, see the changelog.

Because it is not available via any repository, we have to fix the dependency issues, download the archive containing the libreoffice packages from the official site, extract the archive and install the deb packages inside. Also, we need to remove the currently installed libreoffice version, before we start the installation process. Follow the instructions for you system and architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.

How to install LibreOffice 4.3 on 32 bit Ubuntu and Debian derivatives:

It might be helpful to advise people to remove any prior version of LibreOffice from their Linux system before installing a new version. I’m not sure, but there’s a chance that there might be older files left behind when the new version is installed.

Seems the smart thing to do is play it safe and remove the old files first…